Rosero truly stood in awe of Rute's eye for talent.
Not to mention Oliva—given that fellow's talent, he would have ranked among the best even in Sia Tower.
As for Aislin, that woman might have been mad before, but she had at least been utterly loyal and skilled at handling trivial matters... As someone responsible for similar work, Rosero understood better than anyone that a person who could handle all the daily complications, both internal and external, above and below, and draw no complaints besides being overbearing and unreasonable, was absolutely no simple figure.
Whether that ability came from Glasya's soul or from those soul fragments belonging to top-tier powerhouses, it at least proved that the woman before him was extraordinary.
The ever-rampant Glasya would never circle around like "Aislin" did.
If he truly treated "Aislin" and Glasya as the same person, then he would really be an idiot.
That was the main reason Rosero absolutely dared not act rashly... By the Devils' rules, striking without understanding one's opponent meant that however miserably one died, one had only oneself to blame.
And Gilbert, with his extraordinary talent for magic arrays, was even less someone to provoke.
At first, Rosero had thought Gilbert shared matters concerning Delifus with Aislin because Aislin was clearly connected to him.
Of course, that was indeed quite an important reason.
But it was not the most important one.
After all, the resources Pete had produced to tempt Gilbert seemed more useful to Seventh-Circle Mages and Eighth-Circle Mages... but in truth, for a Ninth-Circle Archmage, especially one who also led a faction like Rute, they were enough to make him take action.
Even if it caused some dissatisfaction within Sia Tower, if Black Mystery Tower could produce another two Ninth-Circle Archmages, would their position not become even